[ale] shell scripting baby questions...

[Keith Morris]

good idea!

thanks!!


Yu, Jerry wrote:

> You may want to delete only if the tar finished succsfully:
> 
> tar -czf $logName.tgz $logName && rm -f $logName;
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Morris - IQ [mailto:keith at iqtv.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 12:13 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] shell scripting baby questions...
> 
> 
> Thanks everyone!!! you rock.  Here was the solution:
> 
> # if no virii were detected, deltet infected log file.
> if [ $infectionsDetected -eq 0 ]
> then
>    rm -f $logPath/$infectedLogName;
> fi
> 
> # tar and gzip the scan logfile and remove the uncompressed log
> cd $logPath
> tar -czf $logName.tgz $logName;
> rm -f $logName;
> 
> Johnny Preyer wrote:
> 
> 
>>and eq should be -eq, eq is used in perl for string equality comparison,
>>isn't it?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Nathan J. Underwood [mailto:lists at cybertechcafe.net]
>>Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:15 AM
>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>Subject: Re: [ale] shell scripting baby questions...
>>
>>
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>>Ok, I'm gonna step out on a limb here.  Do you need the quotation marks
>>around the 0 in this case?  Also, should the variable name have quotes
>>around it?
>>
> 
> 
>>~  if [ "$infectionsDetected" eq 0 ]
>>~  then
>>~    rm -f $logPath/$infectedLogName
>>~  fi
>>
>>nathan
>>